Paint-pot hook.



H. E. WOOD.

PAINT POT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. B. 1915.

Patented J 11115 6, 1916.

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HERBERT E. WOOD, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

PAINT-POT HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed September 8, 1915. Serial No. 49,535.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint-Pot Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a paint pot hook.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this character by means of which a paint potmay be supported either upon a ladder or upon the siding of a house or in fact upon any convenient part of a house.

lVith this and other objects in view, such as will appear as my description progresses, my invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevational view of the device showing the same in position upon the siding of a house; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device attached to the rung of a ladder; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device; and Fig. 4 is a fraginental perspective view of the hook for engaging the bail of the paint pot.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters wherein like parts areindicated by like characters throughout the several views: In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing, I have illustrated a lever which consists of a pair of bars 1 and 2, which bars are secured together, at 3. These bars diverge and are provided with spaced bills 4 which are sharpened to knife edges as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The opposite end of the bar 1 is extended beyond the adjacent end of the bar 2 and is bent to form a hook 5. Pivoted on a pin 6 is a hook member 7 which extends between the bars 1 and 2 and is held in spaced relation to the bars by Washers 8. The member 7 is provided with a spur 9 on one end thereof and a hook 10 on the other The spur 9 engages the face of the said sidingand the hook 5 engages the bail of the paint pot. The weight of the paint pot tends to force the spur 9 into the siding and.

the bills 5 farther'beneath the siding so that the device will be securely held in place.

Then the device is used on a ladder the hook 10 engages one of the rungs and the bars 1 and 2 engage the opposite side of the rung. The weight of the paint pot will tend to force the bars 1 and 2 tighter into engagement with the rung and consequently the device will be securely held upon the rung. It is preferable to have the end of the member 7 on which the spur 9 is formed extending away from the user of the ladder as otherwise it would be likely to interfere. However if it is desirable under certain conditions to secure the device to the rung in the opposite direction it is obvious that it may be readily done.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a device for supporting a paint pot upon a ladder or upon any convenient portion of a house and I have so constructed the device that the weight of the pot will tend to lock it into position.

I/Vhile I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, it has merely been for the sake of convenience and I do not wish to be limited to that particular embodiment as it is obvious that numerous changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

WVhat I claim is 1. In a paint pot hook, the combination with a lever having a hook on one end thereof and a pair of bills on the other end thereof, of a hook member pivotally mounted on the lever and having a spur on one end and a hook on the other end, the said bills being adapted to engage beneath a piece of siding and the spur being adapted to engage the face of the same.

2. In a paint pot hook, the combination In testimony whereof, I affix my signzt with a lever having bills on one end thereof ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

and a hook on the other end, of a hook memher, the said hook member being adapted HERBERT WOOD 5 to engage the rung of a ladder and the said YVitnesses:

bills being adapted to engage the rung to EDITH M. COWLEY,

maintain the hook member upon the same. MINNIE L. COWLEY.

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